Isabelle Terry receives her awards from Show Jumping Hall of Fame Executive Director Marty Bauman. (McCool Photgraphy) Lexington, KY - Isabelle Terry of Dallas, TX and Chakira won the inaugural Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series West Coast Championship, held at the Las Vegas National Horse Show on November 17. Prior to the Championship Final in Las Vegas, the 2012 West Conference regular season came to a close following the L.A. National Horse Show. Lauren Kay and Siendifie topped...

Lexington, KY- Four U.S. riders head to Argentina this week to take part in FEI Nations Cup competition at the prestigious CSIO-W Buenos Aires. The show running November 6-11 hosts the final Nations Cup for the U.S. jumpers to compete in for 2012. American riders Charlie Jacobs, Quentin Judge, Catherine Pasmore and Alison Robitaille will be under the guidance of Norman Dello Joio as he provides veteran leadership in the role of Chef d’Equipe. Due to rain, Nations Cup competition has been...

Ashley Holzer and Pop Art danced their way out of competition tonight by once again winning at the Royal. The $20,000 Dominion Regalia Royal Invitational Dressage Cup Freestyle to Music was their last competition together. (BenRadvanyi.com) Toronto, ON – It was Ashley Holzer’s night to shine, and shine she did, with her long-time partner Pop Art piaffing and passaging to one last victory together at the 90th Royal Horse Show. While the scores for tonight’s $20,000 Dominion...

McLain Ward and Antares F (Rebecca Walton/PMG) Lexington, KY - It was a very emotional night at Alltech National Horse Show as McLain Ward piloted his top mount Antares F to victory during the Alltech $250,000 Grand Prix, benefitting the United States Equestrian Team Foundation. The win comes just days after the passing of his father, Barney Ward, who had been Ward's most important supporter. Ward rode through his grief to beat six others in the jump-off, as the first to compete on his...

Elizabeth Benson and San Remo VDL. (Shawn McMillen Photography) Washington D.C. - The 2012 WIHS Equitation Finals concluded Saturday evening with an exciting win for 18-year-old Elizabeth Benson of Whitehouse Station, NJ. Benson rode San Remo VDL, a twelve-year-old Latvian Warmblood gelding by Sudanas, through the first two phases of competition, finishing with a score of 89.33 in the hunter phase and a 91.17 point total in the jumper phase. Returning for the final work-off sitting in first...

Onira and Brianne Goutal. (Shawn McMillen Photography) Washington, D.C . - The 2012 Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) continued on Thursday with the first day of classes for the Junior Hunters and several International Open Jumper and Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper classes at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. ? The course designer for the jumpers at WIHS this year is Anthony D’Ambrosio, of Red Hook, NY. The International Open Jumpers had two classes on Thursday, and Brianne Goutal,...

Newlands and Portela Top Amateur-Owner Hunter Championships; Montross, Caslin, and Vale Are Best in Jumpers Washington, D.C. – Day two of the 2012 Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) featured the presentation of championship honors in the professional and amateur-owner hunter divisions at Verizon Center in downtown Washington D.C. This year’s professional World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) Scott Stewart continued his winning season with multiple division tricolors, the...

Shane Sweetnam of Ireland and Cyklon 1083 win the Gambler's Choice. (Al Cook) Shane Sweetnam of Ireland won the exciting $10,000 Open Jumper Gambler's Choice on Western Night at the 67th Annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show Wednesday evening. As the last rider to go, Sweetnam realized his only chance for victory was to risk it all with Cyklon 1083, owned by Spy Coast Farm, by jumping the "Double or Nothing" fence. The Gambler's Choice was an electrifying class where each jump was...

Meg O'Mara and Sinatra IV competing in last year's Randolph College/USEF National Junior Jumper Championships (Al Cook) Lexington, KY - The top junior equitation and jumper riders head to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania this week to compete at the prestigious Pennsylvania National Horse Show. "Junior Weekend" runs October 11-14 and will host 28 competitors in the 2012 Randolph College/USEF National Junior Jumper Championships. With more than 275 of the best hunter equitation riders, competitors will...

Rebecca Hart and Lord Ludger (Shannon Brinkman) Lexington, KY - Rebecca Hart (Unionville, PA) of the 2012 U.S. Para-Equestrian Team at the 2012 Paralympic Games will be featured on ABC's Good Morning America tomorrow, Wednesday, October 10 at 8 a.m. ET. She will appear live on-air to discuss the therapeutic benefits of riding as well as her experience at the 2012 Paralympic Games. Hart was representing the U.S. in her second Paralympic Games in London, finishing fourth in the Grade II Team...